Obscured by Clouds. The rough and ready blog of a cloud benighted biologist and amateur astronomer. Astroblog will cover my interests in astronomy, biology and Life, the Universe and Everything.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Comet 168P, 23 October 2102

Comet 168P imaged in iTelescopeT5, the image is a stack of 5 x 120 second iages stacked on the comet (that's why the stars are elongated) . Image stretched in FITS liberator, then SUMMED in ImageJ and despeckled (click to embiggen).

Comet 168P Hergenrother continues to be bright, and there have been suggestions that there are fragments in the coma of the comet, but my image isn't high resolution enough to show that.